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J. H. JEFFREY.

DEVICE FOR LIPTING GOODS PROM SHELVES.

Patented Sept n. PETERS. Pnumum n-r. Waming n. 0.0.

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JOHN H. JEFFREY, OF CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE THIRD TOHENRY ALBERT, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR LlFTlNG GOODS FROM SHELVES.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,978, datedSeptember e, 1888.

Serial No. 266,269. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. JEFFREY, of Crescent City, Del Norte county,State of California, have invented an Improvement in Devices for LiftingGoods from Shelves; and I hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a new and useful device or apparatus, the objectof which is to facilitate the removal of goods from shelves; and myinvention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of thegripping jaws or clamps, by which the goods are first engaged and drawnout from their place, the mechanism for operating the jaws to cause themto clamp the goods, the swinging table for receiving and bearing theweight of the goods, and the means for operating the table and holdingit in position when the weight of the goods is imposed upon it, all ofwhich, together with details of construction and arrangement and aslight modification of the gripping-jaws, I shall hereinafter fullydescribe.

The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus of simpleconstruction and operation adapted for the purpose of removing bundles,packages, and goods of all kinds from shelves without having to use aladder or mount to an elevated position.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my device. Fig. 2 is a detailed section of the fixed head B, showingthe normal inclination of the lower jaw, C. Fig. 3 is a detail ofcollar-clamp G.

A is the handle or stock of the machine, made tubular, and havingsecured firmly upon its upper end the guide-head 13, having a frontsection, b, hinged at b, and influenced by a spring, If, to remainnormally pressed out at an angle.

Ois the lower clamp or jaw, which is secured to the hinged section b ofthe guidehead 13, said jaw remaining normally at an upward inclination,as shown,due to the spring I)", acting behind the hinged section,towhich it is attached.

D is the guide-head of the npperjaw, and E is said jaw or clamp,preferably made with an elongated head, e, so as to afford a properbearing'surface on the goods. The head D has secured to it theguide-rods d, which pass down loosely through sockets made in the lowerguide-head, B, and into a collar, 13, in which the lower ends aresecured by a setserew, w, and it has also secured to it a rod, (3',which passes down completely through the tubular stock A of the device,and is secured in the lower end of a sliding sleeve, (1 fitted andadapted to move upon the lower end of the stock or handle. A spiralspring, d, is fitted around the rod and serves to hold the upper jawdown in position on the goods.

The operation of the device as far as de scribed is as follows: When ina normal condition, the upperjaw, E, is down to its limit, in proximityto the lower jaw, G, being held in this position by the spring d. New,by grasping the handle or stock A with one hand and the sliding sleeve dwith the other, said sleeve may be pushed up on the stock, and thereby,through the internal rod, 66, causing the upper guidehead, D, to moveupwardly, carrying the upper jaw or clamp, E, with it until suiiicientspace is provided for the jaws G and E to slip onto the goods, the lowerone going under them,while the upper one presses on their top. Then byreleasing the sleeve (2 the spring (I throws the upper jaw down upon thegoods, which are then gripped between the two jaws. The upwardinclination of thelower jaw, O, in the first instance provides forinserting it under the goods with facility, and said jaw moves down to ahorizontal position under the weight of the goods until limited by thecontact of the hinged section b with the main head B.

F is the table, preferably made of an open frame-work charaeter,havingashank, f, which is hinged at f to the main head B on the top of thestock A. Fitted loosely around the stock at a point below is a slidingcollar, G, from which connecting rods H extend upwardly and areconnected with the sides of the hinged table F. A rod, I, is connectedwith the end of the tableshank at a point behind its pivotal center,andthence passes down through a suitable fixed guide, i, on the stock towithin reach of the operating hand of the user. The collar Gis providedon one side with hooks g, and the rod I has firmly secured to it ahinged or loosely-hanging eye-ring, i, which is adapted,when said rod ispulled down, to slip down by and engage up under the hooks 9, so as tohold the two parts together.

The operation of the table is therefore as follows: \Vhen the goods havebeen pulled out from their resting-place by means of the jaws O and E,the table F is then elevated to the same horizontal plane as the lowerjaw by means of pulling down on the rod I, so that the table then restsdirectly under and receives the goods. As the rod I moves down and thetable moves up, it is obvious that the collar G on the stock A movesupward by means of the connectingrods H until the ring t" of the rodengages the hooks g on the collar, whereupon, the two parts beingheldtogether, the table cannot move down, but is held in a properhorizontal position to sustain and carry the goods, which may then belowered to within reach. I prefer to have the collar G made in the shapeof a clamp, in two parts, hinged at one side at g, and having its hookedends separated normally; but when engaged by the ring 2" they pulltogether, whereby the collar is clamped on the stock, thus renderingadditional security. In order to relieve the parts, the rod is freed bypulling it down and slipping its ring from the engagement with thehooks.

The table F may be provided on each side with hinged extensions f so asto increase its receiving capacity, said extensions being preferablymade in the shape of wire frames.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An apparatus for lifting goods from shelves, comprising a stock orhandle, a lower jaw or clamp secured thereto, a sliding frame guided bythe stock or handle, and an upper jaw or clamp secured to said frame,whereby it may be caused to approach to or be separated from the lowerjaw, substantially as herein described.

2. An apparatus for removing goods from shelves, comprising a hollow ortubular handle or stock carrying a jaw or clamp at its upper end, a rodextending down through the tubular handle or stock, a sleeve fitted uponthe lower end of the rod and sliding on the lower end of the stock orhandle, and a jaw or clamp carried by the upper 'end of the rod, wherebyit may be caused to approach or be separated from the lower jaw orclamp, substantially as herein described.

3. An apparatus for removing goods from shelves, comprising a tubularstock or handle, a jaw or clamp secured to its top, a rod passing downthrough the tubular stock or handle, a sliding sleeve on the lower endof the handle and connected with the rod, whereby the rod may be movedup, a spring around said rod for moving it down, and a jaw or clampcarried by the rod above the jaw or clamp,

substantially as herein described.

4. An apparatus for removing goods from shelves, comprising a stock orhandle having at its upper end a fixed head, with the hinged section b,and the spring for throwing said section outwardly at an angle, a jaw orclamp carried by the hinged section at an upward inclination, a jaw orclamp above, and a sliding frame for operating said upper jaw or clamp,substantially as herein described.

5. An apparatus for removing goods from shelves, comprising a tubularstock or handle having on its upper end a fixed guide-head, a jaw orclamp carried by said head, a guidehead above, a jaw or clamp carried bysaid upper guide-head, a guide-frame carrying said head and passingdownwardly through the lower guide-head, a rod secured to the upperguide-head and passing through the tubular stock or handle, a sleeve onthe lower end of the rod and fitted and adapted to slide upon the lowerend of the stock or handle, and a spring around the rod for returning itto position, substantially as herein described.

6. In an apparatus for removing goods from shelves, a stock or handleand a table hinged thereto, in combination with a pull-rod at tached tothe table behind its hinge, whereby it is raised to a horizontalposition, a sliding collar on the stock or handle, rods connecting saidcollar with the table in front of its hinge,

and a connection comprising the hooks g between the pull rod and thesliding collar, whereby the table is held in a horizontal position,substantially as herein described.

7. In an apparatus for removing goods from shelves, at stock or handleand a table hinged thereto, in combination with a pull-rod attached tothe table at one side of its hinge, whereby it may be raised to ahorizontal position, a sliding collar on the stock or handle, rodsconnecting said collar with the table on the other side of its hinge,hooks on the collar, and a ring on the pull-rod, whereby the engagementis effected and the table held in a horizontal position, substantiallyas herein described.

8. In an apparatus for removing goods from shelves, the combination of alower jaw or clamp and an upper jaw or clamp adjustable to and from eachother,whereby the goods may be gripped between them, and a hinged tablearranged to be brought up to the level of the lower jaw to receive theweight of the goods, substantially as herein described.

9. An apparatus for removing goods from shelves, comprising a stock orhandle having a jaw on its top, a sliding frame having a jaw on its topabove,a table hinged to the stock or handle, and a pull-rod for raisingthe table to the horizontal plane of the lower j aw,substantially asherein described.

10. An apparatus for removing goods from she1ves,comprising the stock orhandle having ajaw on its top, a sliding frame having ajaw above thefirst-named jaw, a table hinged to the stock or handle, a pull-rodconnected with the table on one side of its pivotal center, aclamp-collar sliding on the stock or handle, and rods connecting it withthe table on the IIO other side of its pivotal eenter,separated hooks onthe collar, and an eye-ring on the pull-rod for engaging the hooks toclamp the collar on the stock or handle and hold the table in ahorizontal position, substantially as herein described.

11. An apparatus for removing goods from shelves, comprising the tubularstock or handle having a jaw on its top, a sliding frame having a jawabove the firstnarned jaw,a rod secured to said upper jaw and passingdownwardly through the stock or handle, asleeve on its lower end slidingon the lower end of

